I know that I'm probably in the minority here at the watch for saying this but to me there is such a thing as "too old".
Yes, Homer's Iliad is a great story but in it's original form it is gibberish. For any none-native english speaking persons Shakespeare is also a challenge (due to the use of words that haven't been used for ages) without a "proper" translation, subtitles or just an old dictionary and a lot of time.
I'm sure that the original King Kong movie had a profound effect on the audience in the cinemas in 1933 (like Avatar has on movie goers today), but even though I wasn't very old the first time I saw it, it still looked awful compared to what my movie-inexperienced eyes had already witnessed. Today …
Yes, I was in awe when I played System Shock back in 94 and yes I still remember much of it even though it is now 16 years ago, so if nothing else, then that should give in indication about how great I thought the game was. However, I can't just delete the past 16 years of adaptation to modern graphics, so if I were to try to re-capture the "greatness" of System Shock once again, I'm pretty certain that the result will be the same as when I tried to watch Knight Rider again a few years ago (nostalgia has a way of blotting out all the bad memories, leaving only the fond ones) … Let's just say that it was a lot cooler when I saw it as a kid. Not so much today.
Now if only someone would remake System Shock using a modern day engine …